I don't agree with all-male leaderships. Men cannot be left to run things on their own. I think it's a thoroughly bad thing to have a men-only leadership.

I think a balanced team of men and women makes better decisions. That's one of the reasons why I was prepared to run for deputy leader.

I'm sure nobody wants to know this, but my husband does all the cleaning - rather too much cleaning. It is too clean, the house!

I don't agree with all-male leaderships. Men cannot be left to run things on their own. I think it's a thoroughly bad thing to have men-only leadership.

I am in the Labour Party because I am a feminist. I am in the Labour Party because I believe in equality.

I am a very big admirer of Hillary 's and I am an admirer of Obama as well.

Not all civil servants admire strong political leadership. But if you want to change things for the better you need strong political leadership.

For many young people mobility has turned into a bus down to the job centre.

There are many women with children under five who want to work and who lack affordable, high-quality child care.

I'm afraid you gave up the right to pontificate on social mobility when you abolished educational maintenance allowance [EMA], trebled tuition fees and betrayed a generation of young people.

Now, many of us in the Labour Party are conservationists - and we all love the red squirrel. But there is one ginger rodent which we never want to see again - Danny Alexander.

If I want to get out of here, I have to be the one to save myself.

I believe "Leadership" is creating the environment for the greatness in people to emerge.

I have often been adrift but I have always stayed afloat.

From caring comes courage.

You know it's never too late to shoot for the stars regardless of who you are

There is no doubt that the way journalism worked when I was growing up and getting started has changed forever.

Of course you should fight fire with fire. You should fight everything with fire.

That's life: trust and you're betrayed; don't trust and you betray yourself.

You might not have a car or a big gold chain, stay true to yourself and things will change

I'm always sticking up for other people.